(Globe and Mail)
Music downloaders may have a short honeymoon from potential prosecution as Hélène Schérrèr, the new federal Heritage Minister has promised to punish music file sharers. Officials at Heritage Canada, in tandem with Industry Canada, will soon meet to draft legislation to amend a loophole in the Copyright Act that permits music downloading. In addition, the minister will push to have the federal government ratify two international treaties that protect the ownership of copyright materials. In a judgment last month, the Federal Court of Canada ruled that swapping songs on the Internet for personal use does not break the law. 25 April 2004
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